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<\/div>\nKendrick Lamar is releasing a new album, \u2018Mr Morale the Big Steppers<\/em>\u2019. <\/p>\n The 34-year-old rapper announced the new record \u2013 the follow-up to his fourth studio album, 2017\u2019s \u2018Damn<\/em>\u2019 \u2013 will drop on May 13, 2022. <\/p>\n On Twitter on Monday, Kendrick shared a link to his website Oklama that shared the news for the hotly anticipated album after teasing it in August 2021, labelling it his \u201cfinal TDE album\u201d. <\/p>\n https:\/\/t.co\/YVE5bZOBL2 https:\/\/t.co\/UywGGKExb1<\/p>\n \u2014 Kendrick Lamar (@kendricklamar) April 18, 2022<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n At the time, the page read: \u201cMay the Most High continue to use Top Dawg as a vessel for candid creators. As I continue to pursue my life\u2019s calling. \u201cThere\u2019s beauty in completion. And always faith in the unknown,\u201d signing off the post \u201cOklama\u201d. <\/p>\n His fifth album comes after the \u2018DNA<\/em>\u2019 hitmaker snagged the Pulitzer Prize for his latest offering, put together the soundtrack for the 2018 movie \u2018Black Panther<\/em>\u2019, headlined Coachella and other projects, including performing at the 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show \u2013 alongside Dr Dre, Mary J Blige, Snoop Dogg and surprise guest 50 Cent \u2013 when the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals. <\/p>\n The announcement came after a fan accused the rapper of retiring, writing: \u201cKendrick is officially retired\u201d.<\/p>\n In response, Kendrick quoted the tweet \u2013 which was dated February 14 \u2013 with the link to the press release declaring his return to the music industry.<\/p>\n As the news broke, fans of the rapper went wild in response, with one writing: \u201cHe returns, tears in my eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n Another quipped: \u201cWe ready.\u201d<\/p>\n A third user wrote: \u201cDashing all my worldly possessions out of the window, screeching and hollering.\u201d<\/p>\n Source <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kendrick Lamar is releasing a new album, \u2018Mr Morale the Big Steppers\u2019. The 34-year-old rapper announced the new record \u2013 the follow-up to his fourth studio album, 2017\u2019s \u2018Damn\u2019 \u2013 will drop on May 13, 2022. On Twitter on Monday, Kendrick shared a link to his website Oklama that shared the news for the hotly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1060340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1060339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1060339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060339\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1060339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1060339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n